# US 12,109,978 B2 · Cover for a storage compartment in a motor vehicle

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- Number: US 12,109,978 B2
- Document ID: US12109978B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/324,841
- Filed: 2021-05-19
- Published: 2021-09-02
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-11-20
- Assignees: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Inventors: Rainer Frauenfelder
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12109978B2

## CPC

- B60R 7/04: in driver or passenger space {, e.g. using racks (B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence)}
- B60R 11/02: for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
- B60R 11/0241: {for telephones}
- H02J 7/90: Regulation of charging or discharging current or voltage
- B60R 2011/0094: {characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like}
- H02J 50/10: using inductive coupling
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY

## Abstract

A cover for a storage compartment in a motor vehicle, having a top side and a bottom side, is characterized by ventilation slots or ventilation ducts which penetrate the cover, wherein at least some of the ventilation slots or ventilation ducts have slot walls or duct walls which form an angle α of 20° to 70° with the top side of the cover.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cover for a storage compartment in a motor vehicle, the cover comprising:
a top side;
a bottom side; and
ventilation slots or ventilation ducts that are vertically elongated through the full thickness of the cover, the ventilation slots or ventilation ducts having a top opening and a bottom opening,
wherein at least one of the ventilation slots or ventilation ducts have slot walls or duct walls which form an angle α of 20° to 70° with the top side of the cover, and
wherein the top opening is offset from the bottom opening.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cover according to claim 1, wherein a projection of at least one central axis of some of the ventilation slots and/or the ventilation ducts onto the top side of the cover when the cover is installed in a motor vehicle forms an angle of 70° to 110° with a conventional driving direction of the motor vehicle.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The cover according to claim 1, wherein an air-permeable film and/or an air-permeable membrane is arranged on the bottom side and/or on the top side of the cover, which membrane covers at least some of the ventilation slots and/or the ventilation ducts.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The cover according to claim 3, wherein the film and/or the membrane is impermeable to water.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover has at least 3 ventilation slots or ventilation ducts, or at least 5 ventilation slots or ventilation ducts.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The cover according to claim 1, wherein a proportion which accounts for a surface of the ventilation slots or the ventilation ducts on a surface area of the bottom side of the cover is at least 5%, or at least 10%.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The cover according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation slots or the ventilation ducts, when the cover is installed in a motor vehicle, extend parallel to a pivot axis S about which the cover is pivotally arranged.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A storage compartment for a motor vehicle having a cover according to claim 1.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The storage compartment according to claim 8, further comprising an inductive charging device for electronic devices.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A motor vehicle comprising a storage compartment and/or having a cover according to claim 1.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The cover according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation ducts comprise bores.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The cover according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the slot walls or duct walls have a cylinder jacket shape.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The cover according to claim 1, wherein the cover is a storage compartment lid.